Perryville, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Winnsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75494. It stands on Webster Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rhonesboro quadrangle. It stands 502 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Rhonesboro quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
310 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 310 fires within 5 miles of Perryville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,211 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 21 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 195 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FOX ROAD GRASS FIRE |
| 8 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SQUIRREL RD BRUSH FIRE |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UPSHUR 13:27 |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE ON 4460 |
| 6 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1002 COMMAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perryville in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Perryville | 1 killed | A 44 year old white female was walking down CR 4583 when she fell and was swept off the road by swift flood waters. County Emergency officials tried to rescue her but she was unable to hold onto a lift rope and she drowned. Time of death was approximated around 330 pm cdt. |
| January 1995 | Hail | Perryville | $40,000 | Hen egg-size hail damaged roofs and automobiles. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perryville | - | A tree was blown down on FM 1647 near FM 852. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Perryville | - | Golfball size hail fell in the Perryville community. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perryville | - | A large tree was downed on a wheelchair ramp at the Perryville Methodist Church in the Perryville community. Trees were also downed nearby on FM 2088 near County Road 852. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Perryville | - | A portion of County Road 4536 was washed out with high water over the road. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perryville | - | Numerous trees down across the area. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perryville | - | A few trees toppled blocking roads. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perryville | - | Several large trees down. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Perryville | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perryville | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pineview | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ogburn | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Westbrook | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Musgrove | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Stout | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| East Point | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Little Hope | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Winnsboro | 9.5 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Perryville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q119873087 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378850. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




